Sunset Tracker

Sunset and sunrise times in Helsinki, Finland

In Helsinki, Finland the sun sets today, Saturday 10 October, at 18:26 and rises at 07:47. Daylight lasts 10h 38m; evening golden hour runs from 17:28 to 18:51.

Today, Saturday 10 October

First light
07:05
Sunrise
07:47
Solar noon
13:07
Sunset
18:26
Last light
19:07
Day length
10h 38m

18h 24m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour
17:28 – 18:51
Blue hour
18:51 – 19:07
Max sun altitude
23.1°
Moon
🌑 New moon
Moonrise / moonset
07:42 / 17:54

The sun sets at 258° — face west-southwest

Tomorrow, Sunday 11 October

Sunrise 07:49 Sunset 18:23 Golden hour 17:24 – 18:48 Day length 10h 33m vs today 5 minutes shorter

Where Helsinki is

Coordinates
60.1695° N, 24.9354° E
Time zone
Europe/Helsinki
Current offset
UTC+03:00
Elevation
26 m
Population
658,864

Sunrise and sunset in Helsinki, October 2026

October 2026 — first light, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, last light, day length and evening golden hour.
Date First light Sunrise Solar noon Sunset Last light Day length Change Golden hour Moon
Thu 1 06:43 07:25 13:09 18:53 19:34 11h 27m −5:26 17:57–19:18 🌖 75%
Fri 2 06:46 07:27 13:09 18:50 19:31 11h 22m −5:26 17:53–19:15 🌖 65%
Sat 3 06:48 07:30 13:09 18:47 19:28 11h 16m −5:26 17:50–19:12 🌗 53%
Sun 4 06:50 07:32 13:09 18:44 19:25 11h 11m −5:26 17:47–19:09 🌘 41%
Mon 5 06:53 07:35 13:08 18:41 19:22 11h 5m −5:26 17:44–19:06 🌘 30%
Tue 6 06:55 07:37 13:08 18:38 19:19 11h 0m −5:26 17:41–19:03 🌘 20%
Wed 7 06:58 07:39 13:08 18:35 19:16 10h 55m −5:26 17:37–19:00 🌘 12%
Thu 8 07:00 07:42 13:07 18:32 19:13 10h 49m −5:26 17:34–18:57 🌘 6%
Fri 9 07:02 07:44 13:07 18:29 19:10 10h 44m −5:26 17:31–18:54 🌘 2%
Sat 10 07:05 07:47 13:07 18:26 19:07 10h 38m −5:25 17:28–18:51 🌑 0%
Sun 11 07:07 07:49 13:07 18:23 19:05 10h 33m −5:25 17:24–18:48 🌒 1%
Mon 12 07:10 07:52 13:06 18:20 19:02 10h 27m −5:25 17:21–18:46 🌒 4%
Tue 13 07:12 07:54 13:06 18:17 18:59 10h 22m −5:25 17:18–18:43 🌒 8%
Wed 14 07:14 07:57 13:06 18:14 18:56 10h 17m −5:25 17:15–18:40 🌒 14%
Thu 15 07:17 07:59 13:06 18:11 18:53 10h 11m −5:25 17:11–18:37 🌒 21%
Fri 16 07:19 08:02 13:05 18:08 18:50 10h 6m −5:24 17:08–18:34 🌒 29%
Sat 17 07:21 08:04 13:05 18:05 18:48 10h 0m −5:24 17:05–18:31 🌒 38%
Sun 18 07:24 08:07 13:05 18:02 18:45 9h 55m −5:24 17:01–18:29 🌓 47%
Mon 19 07:26 08:09 13:05 17:59 18:42 9h 50m −5:23 16:58–18:26 🌔 57%
Tue 20 07:28 08:12 13:05 17:56 18:39 9h 44m −5:23 16:55–18:23 🌔 66%
Wed 21 07:31 08:14 13:04 17:54 18:37 9h 39m −5:23 16:52–18:20 🌔 75%
Thu 22 07:33 08:17 13:04 17:51 18:34 9h 33m −5:22 16:48–18:17 🌔 83%
Fri 23 07:36 08:19 13:04 17:48 18:31 9h 28m −5:22 16:45–18:15 🌔 90%
Sat 24 07:38 08:22 13:04 17:45 18:29 9h 23m −5:21 16:42–18:12 🌔 96%
Sun 25 06:40 07:24 12:04 16:42 17:26 9h 17m −5:20 15:38–17:09 🌔 99%
Mon 26 06:43 07:27 12:04 16:39 17:24 9h 12m −5:20 15:35–17:07 🌕 100%
Tue 27 06:45 07:29 12:04 16:37 17:21 9h 7m −5:19 15:32–17:04 🌖 98%
Wed 28 06:47 07:32 12:04 16:34 17:19 9h 2m −5:18 15:28–17:02 🌖 94%
Thu 29 06:50 07:35 12:03 16:31 17:16 8h 56m −5:17 15:25–16:59 🌖 87%
Fri 30 06:52 07:37 12:03 16:29 17:14 8h 51m −5:16 15:22–16:57 🌖 78%
Sat 31 06:55 07:40 12:03 16:26 17:11 8h 46m −5:15 15:19–16:54 🌖 68%
More columns for October 2026: nautical and astronomical twilight, night length, sun altitude, sunset direction
October 2026 — extended twilight and geometry.
Date Astro. dawn Naut. dawn Sunrise Sunset Naut. dusk Astro. dusk Night Max altitude Sunset direction
Thu 1 05:02 05:54 07:25 18:53 20:23 21:14 12h 34m 26.6° 265° W
Fri 2 05:05 05:57 07:27 18:50 20:20 21:11 12h 40m 26.2° 264° W
Sat 3 05:08 05:59 07:30 18:47 20:17 21:08 12h 45m 25.8° 263° W
Sun 4 05:11 06:02 07:32 18:44 20:14 21:04 12h 51m 25.4° 262° W
Mon 5 05:13 06:04 07:35 18:41 20:11 21:01 12h 56m 25.0° 262° W
Tue 6 05:16 06:07 07:37 18:38 20:08 20:58 13h 1m 24.6° 261° W
Wed 7 05:19 06:09 07:39 18:35 20:05 20:55 13h 7m 24.2° 260° W
Thu 8 05:21 06:11 07:42 18:32 20:02 20:51 13h 12m 23.9° 259° W
Fri 9 05:24 06:14 07:44 18:29 19:59 20:48 13h 18m 23.5° 258° WSW
Sat 10 05:27 06:16 07:47 18:26 19:56 20:45 13h 23m 23.1° 258° WSW
Sun 11 05:29 06:19 07:49 18:23 19:53 20:42 13h 29m 22.7° 257° WSW
Mon 12 05:32 06:21 07:52 18:20 19:50 20:39 13h 34m 22.4° 256° WSW
Tue 13 05:34 06:23 07:54 18:17 19:47 20:36 13h 39m 22.0° 255° WSW
Wed 14 05:37 06:26 07:57 18:14 19:44 20:33 13h 45m 21.6° 255° WSW
Thu 15 05:39 06:28 07:59 18:11 19:41 20:30 13h 50m 21.2° 254° WSW
Fri 16 05:42 06:31 08:02 18:08 19:39 20:27 13h 56m 20.9° 253° WSW
Sat 17 05:44 06:33 08:04 18:05 19:36 20:25 14h 1m 20.5° 252° WSW
Sun 18 05:46 06:35 08:07 18:02 19:33 20:22 14h 7m 20.1° 252° WSW
Mon 19 05:49 06:38 08:09 17:59 19:31 20:19 14h 12m 19.8° 251° WSW
Tue 20 05:51 06:40 08:12 17:56 19:28 20:16 14h 17m 19.4° 250° WSW
Wed 21 05:54 06:42 08:14 17:54 19:25 20:14 14h 23m 19.1° 249° WSW
Thu 22 05:56 06:45 08:17 17:51 19:23 20:11 14h 28m 18.7° 249° WSW
Fri 23 05:58 06:47 08:19 17:48 19:20 20:08 14h 33m 18.4° 248° WSW
Sat 24 06:01 06:49 08:22 17:45 19:17 20:06 14h 39m 18.0° 247° WSW
Sun 25 05:03 05:51 07:24 16:42 18:15 19:03 14h 44m 17.7° 246° WSW
Mon 26 05:05 05:54 07:27 16:39 18:13 19:01 14h 49m 17.3° 246° WSW
Tue 27 05:08 05:56 07:29 16:37 18:10 18:58 14h 55m 17.0° 245° WSW
Wed 28 05:10 05:58 07:32 16:34 18:08 18:56 15h 0m 16.6° 244° WSW
Thu 29 05:12 06:00 07:35 16:31 18:05 18:54 15h 5m 16.3° 243° WSW
Fri 30 05:14 06:03 07:37 16:29 18:03 18:51 15h 11m 16.0° 243° WSW
Sat 31 05:16 06:05 07:40 16:26 18:01 18:49 15h 16m 15.7° 242° WSW

November 2026

November 2026 — the same columns, one month ahead.
Date First light Sunrise Solar noon Sunset Last light Day length Change Golden hour Moon
Sun 1 06:57 07:42 12:03 16:23 17:09 8h 40m −5:14 15:15–16:52 🌖 57%
Mon 2 06:59 07:45 12:03 16:21 17:06 8h 35m −5:12 15:12–16:49 🌗 45%
Tue 3 07:02 07:48 12:03 16:18 17:04 8h 30m −5:11 15:09–16:47 🌘 34%
Wed 4 07:04 07:50 12:03 16:16 17:02 8h 25m −5:10 15:05–16:44 🌘 23%
Thu 5 07:06 07:53 12:03 16:13 16:59 8h 20m −5:08 15:02–16:42 🌘 15%
Fri 6 07:09 07:55 12:03 16:10 16:57 8h 15m −5:06 14:59–16:40 🌘 8%
Sat 7 07:11 07:58 12:03 16:08 16:55 8h 10m −5:04 14:55–16:37 🌘 3%
Sun 8 07:13 08:00 12:03 16:06 16:53 8h 5m −5:02 14:52–16:35 🌘 1%
Mon 9 07:16 08:03 12:04 16:03 16:51 8h 0m −5:00 14:49–16:33 🌑 0%
Tue 10 07:18 08:06 12:04 16:01 16:49 7h 55m −4:58 14:45–16:31 🌒 2%
Wed 11 07:20 08:08 12:04 15:58 16:47 7h 50m −4:56 14:42–16:28 🌒 5%
Thu 12 07:22 08:11 12:04 15:56 16:45 7h 45m −4:53 14:39–16:26 🌒 9%
Fri 13 07:25 08:13 12:04 15:54 16:43 7h 40m −4:50 14:36–16:24 🌒 16%
Sat 14 07:27 08:16 12:04 15:52 16:41 7h 35m −4:47 14:32–16:22 🌒 23%
Sun 15 07:29 08:18 12:04 15:49 16:39 7h 30m −4:44 14:29–16:20 🌒 31%
Mon 16 07:31 08:21 12:04 15:47 16:37 7h 26m −4:41 14:26–16:18 🌒 40%
Tue 17 07:33 08:24 12:05 15:45 16:35 7h 21m −4:37 14:22–16:17 🌓 50%
Wed 18 07:36 08:26 12:05 15:43 16:33 7h 17m −4:34 14:19–16:15 🌔 60%
Thu 19 07:38 08:28 12:05 15:41 16:32 7h 12m −4:30 14:16–16:13 🌔 70%
Fri 20 07:40 08:31 12:05 15:39 16:30 7h 8m −4:26 14:13–16:11 🌔 79%
Sat 21 07:42 08:33 12:06 15:37 16:29 7h 3m −4:21 14:09–16:09 🌔 87%
Sun 22 07:44 08:36 12:06 15:35 16:27 6h 59m −4:17 14:06–16:08 🌔 93%
Mon 23 07:46 08:38 12:06 15:33 16:26 6h 55m −4:12 14:03–16:06 🌔 98%
Tue 24 07:48 08:41 12:06 15:32 16:24 6h 51m −4:07 14:00–16:05 🌕 100%
Wed 25 07:50 08:43 12:07 15:30 16:23 6h 47m −4:01 13:57–16:03 🌖 99%
Thu 26 07:52 08:45 12:07 15:28 16:21 6h 43m −3:56 13:53–16:02 🌖 96%
Fri 27 07:54 08:47 12:07 15:27 16:20 6h 39m −3:50 13:50–16:00 🌖 90%
Sat 28 07:56 08:50 12:08 15:25 16:19 6h 35m −3:44 13:47–15:59 🌖 82%
Sun 29 07:58 08:52 12:08 15:24 16:18 6h 32m −3:37 13:44–15:58 🌖 72%
Mon 30 08:00 08:54 12:08 15:22 16:17 6h 28m −3:30 13:41–15:57 🌖 61%

Longest and shortest day in Helsinki

The longest day falls on 21 June 2026, 4 months ago, with 18h 55m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 December 2026, in 2 months, with 5h 48m.

Between them the day length swings by 13h 7m.

Daylight through 2026

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Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night Clock change

The earliest sunset of the year is at 15:11 on 16 December; the latest is 22:50 on 23 June. Those dates are not the solstices — the difference between clock time and solar time shifts them by a week or more.

Sunrise ranges from 03:53 on 19 June to 09:25 on 27 December.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 22m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in Helsinki different

At 60.2°N the sun cuts through the twilight band at an angle, so darkness takes 42 minutes to arrive: 18 minutes longer than today's 24-minute median.

The shallow approach angle at 60.2° stretches this evening's golden hour to 84 minutes, against about 40 for a city on the equator today.

Between the June and December solstices the length of the day swings by 13h 7m here — among the narrowest of the 11 cities tracked in Finland.

Between solstices the sunset walks 106° across the horizon — SW in midwinter, NW in midsummer — which is why a fixed viewpoint works only part of the year. Today's bearing is WSW.

By the end of October the sun will be setting 147 minutes earlier than it did on the first, a shift of roughly 5 minutes a day.

The clocks go back on 25 October 2026, so the sunset jumps from 17:45 to 16:42 overnight — the sun has not moved, the clock has.

Planning a sunset photo in Helsinki

Arrive by 17:13. Golden hour opens at 17:28 and the sun is down by 18:26, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.

Face west-southwest — the sun goes down at 258° on the compass today. That bearing moves through the year, so a composition that works this week may not in three months.

Do not pack up at sunset. Blue hour follows from 18:51 and runs to 19:07, the end of civil twilight and 41m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Golden hour in Helsinki — times, duration and the best months Morning and evening windows, the next seven days, and how much golden light each month gives you.

Common questions

What time is sunset in Helsinki today?

The sun sets in Helsinki at 18:26 today, Saturday 10 October 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Helsinki?

It takes 41m. Civil twilight ends at 19:07 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Helsinki?

Evening golden hour runs 17:28 to 18:51 today, lasting 1h 23m. Full golden hour times for Helsinki covers the morning window and the coming week.

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